Patents by Inventor Timothy Amos Wilcox

Timothy Amos Wilcox has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7916022
    Abstract: An agricultural portal system for use along a transportation route upon which agricultural containers having a responding device are transported, the agricultural portal system including at least one movable support, at least one identification system connected to the movable support and a communications system. The at least one identification system is directed toward the transportation route. The at least one identification system receives a signal from the responding device thereby obtaining information about the agricultural containers. The communications system communicates the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Timothy Amos Wilcox, Douglas Jeffrey Dickman
  • Patent number: 7716905
    Abstract: A sensing assembly comprises a forward point for mounting on a crop divider associated with a header. At least one movable arm is capable of interacting with one or more plants standing in a field. A sensor detects a position of the movable arm. A mounting assembly operably supports the movable arm and the forward point, where a rear portion of the forward point is spaced apart from a forward edge of the crop divider and the at least one movable arm is located above a bottom portion of the forward point when the mounting assembly is secured to the crop divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Timothy Amos Wilcox, Frederick William Nelson
  • Publication number: 20090282794
    Abstract: A sensing assembly comprises a forward point for mounting on a crop divider associated with a header. At least one movable arm is capable of interacting with one or more plants standing in a field. A sensor detects a position of the movable arm. A mounting assembly operably supports the movable arm and the forward point, where a rear portion of the forward point is spaced apart from a forward edge of the crop divider and the at least one movable arm is located above a bottom portion of the forward point when the mounting assembly is secured to the crop divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Timothy Amos Wilcox, Frederick William Nelson
  • Publication number: 20080117023
    Abstract: An agricultural portal system for use along a transportation route upon which agricultural containers having a responding device are transported, the agricultural portal system including at least one movable support, at least one identification system connected to the movable support and a communications system. The at least one identification system is directed toward the transportation route. The at least one identification system receives a signal from the responding device thereby obtaining information about the agricultural containers. The communications system communicates the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy Amos Wilcox, Douglas Jeffrey Dickman
  • Publication number: 20080030320
    Abstract: An agricultural data system including a vehicle, a lift mechanism associated with the vehicle, an RFID reader and a weight sensor system. The RFID reader is associated with the vehicle and/or the lift mechanism and provides for the reading of an RFID tag on an agricultural produce container. The weight sensor system is associated with the vehicle and/or the lift mechanism and it determines a weight of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy Amos Wilcox, Douglas Jeffrey Dickman, Noel Wayne Anderson